Overreacting?
The most common response that we hear from family and
friends and others who had contact with Ashton was, "He is just a
normal little boy." We often thought that we were just overreacting.
After all, isn't it normal for all children to be better at some skills
and have problems learning others? Isn't it normal for little boys to be
more active than little girls, in general? Isn't it normal for little boys
to be less verbal than little girls? Don't all children worry about
things? Don't all children reprogram your computers screen design when
they are four?
Even the Pediatricians that we used felt that Ashton
seemed like a normal little boy. One pediatrician did ask us if Ashton had
ever had seizures because we mentioned that Ashton never looked at us when
we called his name. He strongly suggested that he needed to be tested for
seizures. Even though we were not medically trained, we knew the
difference between seizures and simply being preoccupied.
